Articles by Jordan Rapp

In this video, Jeff Yingling, part of CeramicSpeed’s Technical/R&D Support group, goes over proper lubrication technique and the various lubricants – and where they are used – for bicycles.

Before the race has even begun, the 2017 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Chattanooga, TN is already a watershed moment in the history of Ironman racing. For the first time, men and women will compete on different days. Totally separate races have long been a fixture on the draft-legal ITU elite circuit, but never before has Ironman split the field at a world championship race.

CeramicSpeed master wrench Jeff Yingling discusses proper chain maintenance. Part 2 in an 8-Part video series on bike maintenance created exclusively for Slowtwitch by the bike geeks at CeramicSpeed.

Gino Bartali, two-time winner of the Tour de France, helped save the lives of Jewish refugees during WWII by ferrying documents hidden in his bicycle and by sheltering a Jewish family in an apartment he owned. This past May, the new Israeli professional cycling team, commemorated Bartali during the 100th anniversary of the Giro d’Italia with a special ride tracing his war-time document smuggling routes.

CeramicSpeed master wrench Jeff Yingling discusses proper bike cleaning. Part 1 in an 8-Part video series on bike maintenance created exclusively for Slowtwitch by the bike geeks at CeramicSpeed.

Brian Stover, founder of Accelerate3 Coaching, offers a coach’s perspective on Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness’s book, “Peak Performance.” This is the third review in our series.

Jórunn Rothenborg of MyIceland.Guide caught the action on a cold and windy day in Iceland.

Gail Gottfried, PhD, Professor of Psychology at Pitzer College, reviews “Peak Performance” in the second of our crowdsourced reviews. Gottfried writes that the book is, “compelling and hard to put down,” but that, “readability sometimes comes at the expense of precision.”

The first of three reviews of Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness’s new book, “Peak Performance” crowdsourced from our user forum. Here Dan Kennison, founder of Premier Bike, brings his perspective as an entrepreneur and amateur athlete to bear. Also includes an intro to the book and the three reviewers.

Jonathan Noon is San Diego-based triathlete and coach who’s also a remarkably talented artist. He’s merged his passion for sport and art through custom painting of cycling shoes, including, most recently, a very special pair for two-time IRONMAN World Champion Jan Frodeno.

The Cobb Fifty-Five was the first of Cobb JOF (Just Off the Front) line of saddles and also his first noseless saddle under the Cobb name, building on his thought process during his previous tenure at ISM.

I thought the Dash would be an interesting saddle, but I didn’t expect to love it. It turned out to be overall the most comfortable saddle I’ve ever used.